Since 1982 conducted mediations for community programs in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties; since 1993 in private practice as mediator and educator/trainer. Handle cases in these areas: interpersonal, including family, commercial, including real estate and consumer issues; landlord-tenant; neighbor and community; workplace including EEO. I mediate many cases involving clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, and I mediate in Spanish as well as English.

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San Mateo County Mediation Program; Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center; ADRA - Commercial and Advanced Mediation; Managerial Mediation from MTI; Victim/Offender Mediation; Mediation and Negotiation from National Center for Collaborative Planning; Academy of Family Mediation-one day Board training. Trainings at many conferences and those provided by local programs and professional organizations such as ACR (formerly SPIDR) and ADRNC.

While I guide the mediation process, I facilitate open discussion between the parties. I help them to understand - though not necessarily agree with or like - each other point of view, so that they can acknowledge and respect each other, thereby being enabled to work out mutual solutions to shared problems.

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Worked three years as a case manager at the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC). Under contract to PCRC, I co-developed and administered San Mateo County\'s original Victim/Offender Mediation Program (V/OMP). Assist with numerous trainings of mediators and provide advanced mediation training, besides giving workshops and seminars. I am a mediator for the U. S. Postal Service\'s REDRESS program (EEO), and affiliate consultant with Compass Point, and on several mediation rosters.